Corset.



No. 743,407. PATENTED NOV. 3 1903.

J. M. VAN ORDEN. I

CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1903- NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. VAN ORDEN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO VAN ORDEN CORSET COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

743,407, dated November 3, 1903.

Application fild June 1, 1903- Serial No. 159,604. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN M. VAN ORDEN, of Newark, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Corsets, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like numerals on the drawings designating like parts.

This invention relates to corsets, and has for its object the provision of a belt-like member for the bottom of a corset,which shall extend from the fore part of the corset around toward the rear past the hip, over which an integral portion of the belt member is preferably extended to a depth considerably greater than that of the portion toward the fore part, this portion being constructed in accordance with my invention so as to sit snugly and smoothly over the hip, adapting itself accurately to the contour of the latter.

So far as I am aware I am the first to provide an integral belt-like member extending along the lower boundary of the corset substantially from front to back with a dart or darts cut from its lower edge to render the belt close-fitting over the hip without the use of separate hip-gore pieces in connection with the belt member or division of the belt member into two parts. Such separate pieces are more difficult to put in and less sightly and less comfortable at their junction when finished than the integral belt member which I have devised and the various features of which will be illustrated and described in the accompanying drawings and specification and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates in perspective a corset in the construction of which my invention has been embodied, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the belt member separate from the corset and before the sewing of the dart has been completed to establish the contour.

In the embodiment of my invention selected for illustration and description as a convenient form to enable a ready and complete understanding of myimprovements the part designated by the reference-numeral 1 is the upper portion of a corset, which may be of any suitable construction, in this instance having a straight fore part 2, from the lower part of which extends around on each side a belt member 3, this member in accordance with my invention passing around over the hip at the region whereof it presents in the form shown a deep integral extension 4 beyond the lower boundary of the front portion of the belt member, which portion may be, as shown, relatively narrower, but constituting a considerable portion of the corset below the waist-line, and in some instances the belt may be of uniform depth. To secure the snug conformation of the belt member over the hip, I cut from the piece which is to form the belt member and which is best illustrated in Fig. 2 a V-shaped or dart-like portion, leaving a gap the walls 5 whereof are slightly convex, so that when stitched together, as shown in Fig. 1, this region presents a concavity to receive the hip of the wearer. The extent of this dart and the exact contour of its walls may vary somewhat to adapt it to difierent types of figures to which it may be desired to attach the corset embodying my invention, and it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the specific form illustrated in all its details.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A corset having a belt member forming a portion of the corset below the waist-line, comprising a piece extending from the fore part of the corset rearward over and beyond the hip, having directly over the hip an upwardly-extending dart formed with convex edges united to,form a hollow to receive the hip, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 28th day of May, A. D. 1903.

JOHN M. VAN ORDEN.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER C. Paoonmr, HARRY H. WALTON. 

